US defence secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted a gifted Boeing 747 from Qatar for president Donald Trump to use as Air Force One, the Pentagon said. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said the department ...

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The head of the National Black Police Association has been “vindicated” following an investigation into a social media post. Andy George was placed under investigation following a post on X about a ...

There is no retreat or surrender from Bruce Springsteen — or from President Donald Trump, for that matter. The rock star released a digital EP on Wednesday with four songs recorded live in Manchester ...

Private Eye cartoonist Barry Fantoni has died at the age of 85, the publication has announced. The artist, who was also a jazz musician, designer, author and broadcaster, died on Tuesday at his home ...

The bilateral relationship is at its lowest point since South Africa enforced its apartheid system of racial segregation, which ended in 1994.

Creating a new threshold and means test would allow households not on pension credit to apply directly for winter fuel payments. Raising it 20% above the pension credit threshold would cost around ...

An inquest into the death of Jay Slater in Tenerife last summer has been adjourned after a plea from his tearful mother. Debbie Duncan said the 19-year-old had gone on holiday and never come home, and ...

Northern Ireland’s legacy body received advice around a potential move to enable victims and perpetrators to meet where there is a desire to, a Westminster committee has heard. Sir Declan Morgan, ...

Two Irish diplomats were among the delegation that Israeli soldiers fired near in the West Bank, the Irish Government said. Ireland’s Deputy Premier and Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Harris condemned ...

SDLP leader Claire Hanna pressed the UK government to call a public inquiry into the murder of the GAA official.

On Wednesday it was announced that following a private family funeral, Sir Tom will make a final journey past his beloved Easter Road stadium in Edinburgh on May 28 so fans and members of the public ...